Beautiful Blooms Thank You

Thanks to everyone for the birthday greetings! I'm back with a card I made over the weekend using my new Beautiful Blooms set (I traded one of my neglected sets with a fellow PTI fan)! I stamped each branch in Ripe Avocado, and slightly moved the stamp and stamped again for a shadow effect. I also used Vintage Picnic for the thank you sentiment. Pretty clean and simple, which can be a nice change!!





Thanks for looking!
Melissa

"Thank You" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms, Vintage Picnic
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz
Paper: Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst
Other: Pop Dots, Detail scissors

Today...

is my 30th birthday...eeekk! I can't really believe that the 20's are over. But then again I physically feel much older than 30, LOL! I am looking forward to celebrating the day by going to the podiatrist and the ENT for my kids' appointments, followed by a gourmet lunch at Chick-fil-a! In all seriousness though, I am blessed with my beautiful husband and kids. I really do feel lucky to be where I am in life at this point and I wouldn't change a thing.

On a different note, I wanted to mention that I have my first blog post at The Hybrid Chick today. Find it here .

Here is a fun card that I made using a square of K & Co paper that I sewed some buttons onto, a piece of Fancy Pants paper, and a portion of raspberry fizz cardstock stamped with Background Basics: Retro.




Have a great day!
Melissa

"Cherries" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro
Ink: Fresh Snow, Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Paper: Ripe Avocado, Rapberry Fizz, Fancy Pants PP
Other: Raspberry Fizz buttons, sewing machine, twine, sponge, Fiskars Threading Water edge punch

Moving away card

This is a card I made a few weeks ago to give to a family who is moving out of state from a group of people. I made it 5x7 and lined both sides of the inside of the card, to give plenty of space for everyone to sign.



I thought this was a very pretty combination of colors: melon berry, vintage cream and smokey shadow. Hopefully I can remember to use it again!

Thanks for coming by!
Melissa

"New Beginnings" (all products PTI unless noted)
Stamp: Out on a Limb, Birds of a Feather, Background Basics: Retro
Ink: Melon Berry, Smokey Shadow, Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: Smokey Shadow, Vintage Cream, Melon Berry
Other: Melon Berry satin ribbon, Nestabilities Ribbon tag die, sponge, scor tape

Baby shower gift

I made this "box" to fit a few baby clothes that my kids and I picked out to give to a friend for her baby shower. I got my color scheme from the clothes and went from there. I stamped the plaid background using Background Basics: Retro and the little onesie is stamped from Bitty Baby Blessings, cut out and poped up on the ribbon with foam tape.



I was able to fit in pants, long sleeve onesie-shirt, and a knit hat...pretty good! I hope that she will find a good use for the box too!



Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

Baby shower gift (all product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Background Basics: Retro, Bitty Baby Blessings
Ink: Dark Chocolate, Antique Linen (Ranger), blue chalk eye (Cat's Eye)
Paper: Spring Rain, Kraft, Vintage Cream
Other: Dark Chocolate satin ribbon, Spring Rain saddle stitch ribbon, foam tape, sponge, Dark chocolate button, Rustic cream twine

Raspberry Suite Color Challenge 14

Here is the latest challenge from Dawn...those are some colors to put together! I thought the combination was very rich and regal looking- so I translated that into Damask!



I made a "grande" and "petite" version of the card! And used up most of the cardstock I had stamped!



Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Blank Damask cards (all prodcuts PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Damask Designs
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding
Paper: Plum Pudding, Scarlet Jewel, Vintage Cream
Other: Scarlet Jewel Satin Ribbon, Scarlet Jewel buttons, Fiskars Threading Water punch, Rustic Cream Twine

Berries and buttons

I won some PTI buttons from the Paper Craft Connection blog a while ago and when I received them I was delighted to find an assortment of many colors! On this card I used some New Leaf colored buttons and paired them with strawberries from the Green Thumb set and the tiny ones from Vintage Picnic.

Thanks for stopping by!
Melissa

(all product PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Green Thumb, Vintage Picnic
Ink: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Walnut Stain and Antique Linen (Ranger)
Paper: New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Stamper's select White
Other: New Leaf buttons, Rustic Cream Twine, Pure Poppy satin ribbon, glue dots, Fiskars Threading Water punch, copic markers

Scrapbook pages

It has been forever since I did any scrapbooking for my kids' albums. My daughter's scrapbook is suffering from second-child syndrome compared to the bursting-at-the-seams two full albums I did for my son! So, I worked on a few pages for Kennedy's album tonight using some photos from the enormous pile waiting to be scrapped from the last two years of her little life!





The first page I made following a sketch from the Basic Grey July newsletter and I used Basic Grey's Lemonade paper collection.




The second one uses Basic Grey again, Junebug papers. I sewed a zig-zag stitch along the edges of the papers. Both pages use Bazzill cardstock, Walnut Stain Distress Ink and sponge.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa